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Book 2 Chapter 8 Monseigneur in the Country
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A BEAUTIFUL landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat. On inanimate nature, as on the men and women who cultivated it, a prevalent tendency towards an appearance of vegetating1 unwillingly--dejected disposition2 to give up, and wither3 away.

Monsieur the Marquis in his travelling carriage (which might have been lighter), conducted by four post-horses and two postilions, fagged up a steep hill. A blush on the countenance4 of Monsieur the Marquis was no impeachment5 of his high breeding; it was not from within; it was occasioned by an external circumstance beyond his control--the setting sun give up, and wither away give up, and wither away.

The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage when it gained the hill-top, that its occupant was steeped in crimson6. `It will die out,' said Monsieur the Marquis, glancing at his hands, `directly.'

In effect, the sun was so low that it dipped at the moment. When the heavy drag had been adjusted to the wheel, and the carriage slid down hill, with a cinderous smell, in a cloud of dust, the red glow departed quickly; the sun and the Marquis going down together, there was no glow left when the drag was taken off.

But, there remained a broken country, bold and open, a little village at the bottom of the hill, a broad sweep and rise beyond it, a church-tower, a windmill, a forest for the chase, and a crag with a fortress8 on it used as a prison. Round upon all these darkening objects as the night drew on, the Marquis looked, with the air of one who was coming near home.

The village had its one poor street, with its poor brewery9, poor tannery, poor tavern10, poor stable-yard for relay of post+horses, poor fountain, all usual poor appointments. It had its poor people too. All its people were poor, and many of them were sitting at their doors, shredding11 spare onions and the like for supper, while many were at the fountain, washing leaves, and grasses, and any such small yieldings of the earth that could be eaten. Expressive12 signs of what made them poor, were not wanting; the tax for the state, the tax for the church, the tax for the lord, tax local and tax general, were to be paid here and to be paid there, according to solemn inscription13 in the little village, until the wonder was, that there was any village left unswallowed.

Few children were to be seen, and no dogs. As to the men and women, their choice on earth was stated in the prospect--Life on the lowest terms that could sustain it, down in the little village under die mill; or captivity14 and Death in the dominant15 prison on the crag.

Heralded16 by a courier in advance, and by the cracking of his postilions' whips, which twined snake-like about their heads in the evening air, as if he came attended by the Furies, Monsieur the Marquis drew up in his travelling carriage at the posting-house
gate. It was hard by the fountain, and the peasants suspended their operations to look at him. He looked at them, and saw in them, without knowing it, the slow sure filing down of misery-worn face and figure, that was to make the meagerness of Frenchmen an English superstition17 which should survive the truth through the best part of a hundred years.

Monsieur the Marquis cast his eyes over the submissive faces that drooped18 before him, as the like of himself had drooped before Monseigneur of the Court--only the difference was, that these faces drooped merely to suffer and not to propitiate--when a grizzled mender of the roads joined the group.

`Bring me hither that fellow!' said the Marquis to the courier.

The fellow was brought, cap in hand, and the other fellows closed round to look and listen, in the manner of the people at the Paris fountain.

`I passed you on the road?'

`Monseigneur, it is true. I had the honour of being passed on the road.'

`Coming up the hill, and at the top of the hill, both?'

`Monseigneur, it is true.

`What did you look at, so fixedly19?'

`Monseigneur, I looked at the man.'

He stooped a little, and with his tattered20 blue cap pointed21 under the carriage. All his fellows stooped to look under the carriage.

`Mat man, pig? And why look there?'

`Pardon, Monseigneur; he swung by the chain of the shoe the drag.'

`Who?' demanded the traveller.

`Monseigneur, the man.'

`May the Devil carry away these idiots! How do you call the man? You know all the men of this part of the country. Who was he?'

`Your clemency22, Monseigneur! He was not of this part of the country. Of all the days of my life, I never saw him.'

`Swinging by the chain? To be suffocated23?'

`With your gracious permission, that was the wonder of it, Monseigneur. His head hanging over--like this!'

He turned himself sideways to the carriage, and leaned back, with his face thrown up to the sky, and his head hanging down; then recovered himself, fumbled24 with his cap, and made a bow.

`what was he like?'

`Monseigneur, he was whiter than the miller25. All covered with dust, white as a spectre, tall as a spectre!'

The picture produced an immense sensation in the little crowd; but all eyes, without   comparing notes with other eyes, looked at Monsieur the Marquis. Perhaps, to observe whether he had any spectre on his conscience.

`Truly, you did well,' said the Marquis, felicitously26 sensible that such vermin were not to ruffle27 him, `to see a thief accompanying my carriage, and not open that great mouth of yours. Bah! Put him aside, Monsieur Gabelle!'

Monsieur Gabelle was the Postmaster, and some other taxing functionary28 united; he had come out with great obsequiousness29 to assist at this examination, and had held the examined by the drapery of his arm in an official manner.

`Bah! Go aside!' said Monsieur Gabelle.

`Lay hands on this stranger if he seeks to lodge30 in your village to-night, and be sure that his business is honest, Gabelle.'

`Monseigneur, I am flattered to devote myself to your orders.'

`Did he run away, fellow?--here is that Accursed?'

The accursed was already under the carriage with some half-dozen particular friends, pointing out the chain with his blue cap. Some half-dozen other particular friends promptly31 hauled him out, and presented him breathless to Monsieur the Marquis.

`Did the man run away, Dolt32, when we stopped for the drag?'

`Monseigneur, he precipitated33 himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges34 into the river.'

`See to it, Gabelle. Go on!'

The half-dozen who were peering at the chain were still among the wheels, like sheep; the wheels turned so suddenly that they were lucky to save their skins and bones; they had very little else to save, or they might not have been so fortunate.

The burst with which the carriage started out of the village and up the rise beyond, was soon checked by the steepness of the hill. Gradually, it subsided35 to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering36 upward among the many sweet scents37 of a summer night. The postilions, with a thousand gossamer38 gnats39 circling about them in lieu of the Furies, quietly mended the points to the lashes40 of their whips; the valet walked by the horses; the courier was audible, trotting41 on ahead into the dim distance.

At the steepest point of the hill there was a little burial ground, with a Cross and a new large figure of Our Saviour43 on it; it was a poor figure in wood, done by some inexperienced rustic44 carver, but he had studied the figure from the life--is own life, maybe--or it was dreadfully spare and thin.

To this distressful45 emblem47 of a great distress46 that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. She turned her head as the carriage came up to her, rose quickly, and presented herself at the carriage-door.

`It is you, Monseigneur! Monseigneur, a petition.'

With an exclamation48 of impatience49, but with his Un+changeable face, Monseigneur looked out.

`How, then! What is it? Always petitions!'

`Monseigneur. For the love of the great God! My husband, the forester.'

`What of your husband, the forester? Always the same with you people. He cannot pay something?'

`He has paid all, Monseigneur. He is dead.'

`Well! He is quiet. Can I restore him to you?'

`Alas, no, Monseigneur! But he lies yonder, under a little heap of poor grass.'

`Well?'

`Monseigneur,, there are so many little heaps of par7 grass?'

`Again, well?'

She looked an old woman, but was young. Her manner was one of passionate50 grief; by turns she clasped her veinous and knotted hands together with wild energy, and laid one of them on the carriage-door--tenderly, caressingly51, as if it had been a human breast, and could be expected to feel the appealing touch.

`Monseigneur, hear me! Monseigneur, hear my petition! My husband died of want; so many die of want; so many more will die of want.'

`Again, well? Can I feed them?'

`Monseigneur, the good God knows; but I don't ask it. My petition is, that a morsel52 of stone or wood, with my husband's name, may be placed over him to show where he lies. Otherwise, the place will be quickly forgotten, it will never be found when I am dead of the same malady53, I shall be laid under some other heap of poor grass. Monseigneur, they are so many, they increase so fast, there is so much want. Monseigneur! Monseigneur!'

The valet had put her away from the door, the carriage had broken into a brisk trot42, the postilions had quickened the pace, she was left far behind, and Monseigneur, again escorted by the Furies, was rapidly diminishing the league or two of distance that remained between him and his chateau54.

The sweet scents of the summer night rose all around him, and rose, as the rain falls, impartially55, on the dusty, ragged56, and toil-worn group at the fountain not far away; to whom the mender of roads, with the aid of the blue cap without which he was nothing, still enlarged upon his man like a spectre, as long as they could bear it. By degrees, as they could bear no more, they dropped off one by one, and lights twinkled in little casements57; which lights, as the casements darkened, and more stars came out, seemed to have shot up into the sky instead of having been extinguished.

The shadow of a large high-roofed house, and of many overhanging trees, was upon Monsieur the Marquis by that time; and the shadow was exchanged for the light of a flambeau, as his carriage stopped, and the great door of his chateau was opened to him.

`Monsieur Charles, whom I expect: is he arrived from England?'

`Monseigneur, not yet.'


美丽的风景。小麦闪着光,但结粒不多。在应当是小麦的地方长出了一片片可怜的稞麦。一片片可怜的豌豆及蚕豆和一片片最粗糙的蔬菜代替了小麦。不能行动的自然界也跟培植它的人一样有一种普遍的倾向:不乐意生长、垂头丧气、没精打采、宁可枯萎。

侯爵大人坐着他那由两个驭手驾驶的四马旅行车(他其实是可以用较轻便的马车的)往一道陡峻的山坡吃力地爬上去。侯爵大人脸上泛红,但这无损于他的高贵血统,因为那红色并不来自他体内,而是来自无法控制的外部条件--落日。

旅行马车来到了山顶,落日辉煌地照着,把车上的人浸入一滩猩红。“太阳马上就要一一”侯爵大人瞥了他的手一眼,说,“死掉。”

实际上太阳已经很低,这时便突然落了下去。沉重的刹车器在轮子上弄好,马车带着灰尘气味往坡下滑,并掀起一片尘雾。红色的霞光在迅速消失,太阳与侯爵一起下了坡,卸下刹车器时,晚霞也收净了。

但是,在山脚下还留着一片破落的田野,粗犷而赤裸。山下有一个小小的村庄,村子那边一片开阔地连着个缓坡,有一个教堂尖塔、一个风磨、一片有猎林,还有一片峭壁,壁顶有一座用作监狱的碉堡。夜色渐浓,候爵带着快要到家的神色望了望四周逐渐暗淡的景物。

村子只有一条贫穷的街道,街上有贫穷的酒厂、贫穷的硝皮作坊、贫穷的客栈、贫穷的驿马站、贫穷的泉水和贫穷的设施。它的人也贫穷,全都十分贫穷。许多人坐在门口切着不多的几头洋葱之类,准备晚饭。许多人在泉水边洗菜、洗草、洗大地所能生长的这类能吃的小产品。标志着他们贫困的根源的东西并不难见到。小村里的堂皇文告要求向国家交税、向教堂交税、向老爷交税、向地区交税,还要交些一般的税。这里要交,那里要交,小小的村落竟然还没有被吃光,反倒令人惊讶。

看不到几个孩子。狗是没有的。至于男子汉和妇女,他们在世上的路已由景色作了交代一-或是在风磨之下的村子里依靠最低条件苟延残喘,或是关进悬崖顶上居高临下的监牢里去,死在那里。

由流星报马和驭手叭叭的鞭声开着道(那鞭子游蛇一样旋卷在他们头顶的夜色中),侯爵的旅行马车来到了驿站大门,仿佛有复仇女神随侍。驿站就在泉水边不远,农民们停下活儿望着他;他也看看他们,虽然看到,却没有感觉到那些受到细水长流的痛苦磨损的面孔与人形。这类形象在英国人心目中形成了一种迷信:法国人总是瘦削憔悴的。而这种迷信在那类实际情况消失之后差不多一百年还存在着。

侯爵大人目光落到低垂在他面前的一片驯顺的面孔上,那些面孔跟他自己在宫廷的大人面前低首敛眉时的样子颇有些相像--只是有一点不同,这些面孔低了下来是准备受苦而不是为了赎罪。这时一个花白头发的补路工来到了人群前。

“把那家伙给我带来!”侯爵对流星报马说。

那人被带了上来,他手里拿着帽子。别的人也跟在巴黎泉水边的情况一样,围上来看热闹。

“我在路上曾从你身边走过么?”

“是的,大人。我曾有过您在我身边走过的荣幸。”

“是在上坡的时候和在山坡顶上么?”

“大人,没错。”

“你那时死死盯住看的是什么?”

“大人,我看的是那个人。”

他略微躬了躬身子,用他那蓝色的破帽指了指车下。他的伙伴们也都弯下腰看车下。

“什么人,猪猡?为什么看那儿?”

“对不起,大人,他吊在刹车箍的铁链上。”

“谁?”旅行的人问。

“大人,那人。”

“但愿魔鬼把这些白痴都抓了去!那人叫什么名字?这一带的人你都认识的。他是谁?”

“请恕罪,大人!他不是这一带的人。我这一辈子还从来没见.过他。”

“吊在链子上?那不要呛死他么?”

“请恕我直言,怪就怪在这儿,大人。他的脑袋就这么挂着-一像这样!”

他侧过身去对着马车,身子一倒,脸向天上一仰,脑袋倒垂过来。然后他恢复了原状,
摸了摸帽子,鞠了一躬。

“那人是什么样子?”

“大人,他比磨坊老板还要白。满身灰尘,白得像个幽灵,高得也像个幽灵!”

这一番描写对这一小群人产生了巨大的震动,但他们并未交换眼色,只望着侯爵大人,也许是想看看是否有幽灵纠缠着他的良心吧!

”好呀,你做得对,”侯爵说,很高兴这些耗子并没有冒犯他的意思,“你看见一个小偷在我车上,却闭着你那大嘴不响声。呸!把他放了,加伯尔先生!”

加伯尔先生是邮务所所长,也办点税务。他早巴结地出面来帮助盘问,而且摆出公家人的样子揪住了被盘问者的破袖子。

“呸!滚开!”加伯尔先生说。

“那个外地人今晚要是在这个村里找地方住,就把他抓起来,查查他有没有正当职业,
加伯尔。”

“大人,能为您效劳我深感荣幸。”

“他跑掉了么,伙计?-一那倒霉的人在哪儿?”

那倒霉的人已跟五六个好朋友钻到车下,用他的蓝帽子指着链子。另外五六个好朋友立即把他拽了出来,气喘吁吁地送到侯爵大人面前。

“我们停车弄刹车时那人跑了没有,傻瓜?”

“大人,他头冲下跳下山坡去了,像往河里跳一样。”

“去查查看,加伯尔,快!”

盯着铁链看的五六个人还像羊群一样挤在车轮之间;车猛然一动,他们幸好没弄个皮破骨折。好在他们也只有皮包骨头了,否则也许不会那么走运。

马车驶出村子奔上坡去的冲力马上给陡峻的山坡刹住了。马车逐渐转成慢步,隆隆地摇晃着在夏夜的馨香中向坡上爬去。驭手身边并无复仇女神,却有数不清的蚊蚋飞绕。他只站着修理马鞭的梢头。侍从在马匹旁步行。流星板马的蹄声在远处隐约可闻。

山坡的最陡峭处有个小墓地,那里有一个十字架,架上有一个大的耶稣雕像,还是新的,雕工拙劣,是个缺乏经验的粗人刻的,但他却从生活--也许是他自己的生活一一研究过人体,因为那雕像瘦得可怕。

一个妇女跪在这象征巨大痛苦的凄惨的雕像面前--那痛苦一直在增加,可还没有达到极点。马车来到她身边时她掉过头来,立即站起身子,走到车门前。

“是你呀,大人!大人!我要请愿。”

大人发出一声不耐烦的惊叹,那张不动声色的脸往外望了望。

“晤!什么?总是请愿么!”

“大人,为了对伟大的上帝的爱!我那个看林子的丈夫。”

“你那个看林子的丈夫怎么啦?你们总是那一套。欠了什么东西了吧?”

“他欠的全还清了。他死了。”

“晤,那他就安静。我能把他还给你么?”

“啊!不,大人!可是他就睡在这儿,在一小片可怜的草皮,下面。”

“怎么样?”

“大人,这种可怜的小片草皮很多呢。”

“又来了,怎么?”

她还年轻,可是看去很衰老,态度很激动,很悲伤,瘦骨嶙峋的双手疯狂地交换攥着,然后一只手放在马车门上一一温情地、抚爱地,仿佛那是谁的胸脯,能感受到那动情的抚摸。

“大人,听我说!大人,我要请愿!我的丈夫是穷死的;许多人都是穷死的;还有许多人也要穷死。”

“又来了,晤?我能养活他们么?”

“大人,慈悲的上帝知道。我并不求你养活他们。我只请求在我的丈夫躺着的地方立一块写着他的姓名的石碑或木牌。否则这地方很快就会被忘掉,等我害了同样的病死去之后,它就再也认不出来了。他们会把我埋在另外一片可怜的草皮下面的。大人,这样的坟墓很多,增加得也很快,太穷了。大人!大人!”

侍从已把她从车门边拉开,马匹撒开腿小跑起来。驭手加快了步伐,那妇女被远远扔到了后面。大人又在他的三个复仇女神保护之下疾速地缩短他跟庄园之间那一两里格距离。

夏夜的馨香在他四周升腾,随着雨点落下而更加氤氲活跃了。雨点一视同仁地洒在不远处泉水边那群满身灰尘和衣衫褴褛的劳累的人身上。补路工还在对他们起劲地吹嘘着那幽灵似的人,似乎只要他们肯听就可以老吹下去。他说话时挥动着他那蓝帽子,大概没了那帽子他就夫去了分量。人群受不住雨淋,一个个慢慢走散了。小窗里有了灯光闪烁。小窗越来越暗,灯光逐渐熄灭,天空却出现了更多的灯光,仿佛小窗的灯光已飞到天上,并未消失。

那时一幢高大的建筑物的阴影和片片婆娑的树影己落到侯爵身上。马车停了下来。阴影被一支火炬的光取代,高大的前门对侯爵敞开了。

“我等着查尔斯先生到来,他从英格兰到了么?”

“先生,还没有。”


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1 vegetating a40cbbeec53bb6950b6c0fb31f7dcf1c     
v.过单调呆板的生活( vegetate的现在分词 );植物似地生长;(瘤、疣等)长大
参考例句:
  • He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV. 他一有空闲时间就窝在家里看电视。 来自辞典例句
2 disposition GljzO     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
3 wither dMVz1     
vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡
参考例句:
  • She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
  • In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天,树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。
4 countenance iztxc     
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
参考例句:
  • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
  • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
5 impeachment fqSzd5     
n.弹劾;控告;怀疑
参考例句:
  • Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国,弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
  • The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
6 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
7 par OK0xR     
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
参考例句:
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
8 fortress Mf2zz     
n.堡垒,防御工事
参考例句:
  • They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
  • The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。
9 brewery KWSzJ     
n.啤酒厂
参考例句:
  • The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
  • When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候,这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。
10 tavern wGpyl     
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
参考例句:
  • There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
  • Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
11 shredding 5d52274bcc6c4b67c83aca2284867ccd     
v.撕碎,切碎( shred的现在分词 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件)
参考例句:
  • Like the Tehran experience, the shredding may be all for naught. 如同德黑兰事件中的情况一样,切碎文件可能是徒劳的。 来自时文部分
  • How shredding began is subject to some guesswork. 粉碎处理行业的起源是个有争议的问题。 来自时文部分
12 expressive shwz4     
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
参考例句:
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
13 inscription l4ZyO     
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
参考例句:
  • The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损,无法辨认了。
  • He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
14 captivity qrJzv     
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
参考例句:
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
15 dominant usAxG     
adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因
参考例句:
  • The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
  • She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
16 heralded a97fc5524a0d1c7e322d0bd711a85789     
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
参考例句:
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 superstition VHbzg     
n.迷信,迷信行为
参考例句:
  • It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
  • Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。
18 drooped ebf637c3f860adcaaf9c11089a322fa5     
弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。
  • The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun. 花儿晒蔫了。
19 fixedly 71be829f2724164d2521d0b5bee4e2cc     
adv.固定地;不屈地,坚定不移地
参考例句:
  • He stared fixedly at the woman in white. 他一直凝视着那穿白衣裳的女人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The great majority were silent and still, looking fixedly at the ground. 绝大部分的人都不闹不动,呆呆地望着地面。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
20 tattered bgSzkG     
adj.破旧的,衣衫破的
参考例句:
  • Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
  • Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
21 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
22 clemency qVnyV     
n.温和,仁慈,宽厚
参考例句:
  • The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题,将由国王决定。
  • They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。
23 suffocated 864b9e5da183fff7aea4cfeaf29d3a2e     
(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
参考例句:
  • Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
  • I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差点给憋死。
24 fumbled 78441379bedbe3ea49c53fb90c34475f     
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下
参考例句:
  • She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
  • He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket. 他(瞎)摸着衣兜找票。
25 miller ZD6xf     
n.磨坊主
参考例句:
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
26 felicitously cfc987046a9a4751a8c5587092889b68     
adv.恰当地,适切地
参考例句:
  • But I also received many others that raised the notion of the Macintosh much more felicitously. 不过我也收到了许多以更巧妙得体的方式弘扬苹果电脑理念的来信。 来自互联网
27 ruffle oX9xW     
v.弄皱,弄乱;激怒,扰乱;n.褶裥饰边
参考例句:
  • Don't ruffle my hair.I've just combed it.别把我的头发弄乱了。我刚刚梳好了的。
  • You shouldn't ruffle so easily.你不该那么容易发脾气。
28 functionary 1hLx9     
n.官员;公职人员
参考例句:
  • No functionary may support or cover up unfair competition acts.国家官员不得支持、包庇不正当竞争行为。
  • " Emigrant," said the functionary,"I am going to send you on to Paris,under an escort."“ 外逃分子,”那官员说,“我要把你送到巴黎去,还派人护送。”
29 obsequiousness b03ac0baf4709e57f4532c3320a8c526     
媚骨
参考例句:
  • He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent. 他变得令人讨厌、易发怒,怀有恶意;我发现他的奉承令人厌恶。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness in the face of the reactionary ruling class. 他在反动统治阶级面前没有丝毫的奴颜与媚骨。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
30 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
参考例句:
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
31 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地,敏捷地
参考例句:
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
32 dolt lmKy1     
n.傻瓜
参考例句:
  • He's a first-class dolt who insists on doing things his way.他一意孤行,真是蠢透了。
  • What a donke,dolt and dunce!真是个笨驴,呆子,兼傻瓜!
33 precipitated cd4c3f83abff4eafc2a6792d14e3895b     
v.(突如其来地)使发生( precipitate的过去式和过去分词 );促成;猛然摔下;使沉淀
参考例句:
  • His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis. 他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。
  • He lost his footing and was precipitated to the ground. 他失足摔倒在地上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
34 plunges 2f33cd11dab40d0fb535f0437bcb9bb1     
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降
参考例句:
  • Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场,就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人,他头冲下跳下山坡去了,像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
35 subsided 1bda21cef31764468020a8c83598cc0d     
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
参考例句:
  • After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
36 lumbering FA7xm     
n.采伐林木
参考例句:
  • Lumbering and, later, paper-making were carried out in smaller cities. 木材业和后来的造纸都由较小的城市经营。
  • Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries. 在一些不发达的国家,伐木业十分重要。
37 scents 9d41e056b814c700bf06c9870b09a332     
n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
参考例句:
  • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
  • The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
38 gossamer ufQxj     
n.薄纱,游丝
参考例句:
  • The prince helped the princess,who was still in her delightful gossamer gown.王子搀扶着仍穿著那套美丽薄纱晚礼服的公主。
  • Gossamer is floating in calm air.空中飘浮着游丝。
39 gnats e62a9272689055f936a8d55ef289d2fb     
n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He decided that he might fire at all gnats. 他决定索性把鸡毛蒜皮都摊出来。 来自辞典例句
  • The air seemed to grow thick with fine white gnats. 空气似乎由于许多白色的小虫子而变得浑浊不堪。 来自辞典例句
40 lashes e2e13f8d3a7c0021226bb2f94d6a15ec     
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
参考例句:
  • Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时,母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面,以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
41 trotting cbfe4f2086fbf0d567ffdf135320f26a     
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句:
  • The riders came trotting down the lane. 这骑手骑着马在小路上慢跑。
  • Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting. 艾伦抓住缰绳,小马开始慢跑起来。
42 trot aKBzt     
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧
参考例句:
  • They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
  • The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。
43 saviour pjszHK     
n.拯救者,救星
参考例句:
  • I saw myself as the saviour of my country.我幻想自己为国家的救星。
  • The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。
44 rustic mCQz9     
adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
参考例句:
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
45 distressful 70998be82854667c839efd09a75b1438     
adj.苦难重重的,不幸的,使苦恼的
参考例句:
  • The whole hall is filled with joy and laughter -- there is only one who feels distressful. 满堂欢笑,一人向隅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Under these distressful circumstances it was resolved to slow down the process of reconstruction. 在这种令人痛苦的情况下,他们决定减慢重建的进程。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
46 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
47 emblem y8jyJ     
n.象征,标志;徽章
参考例句:
  • Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
  • The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。
48 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
49 impatience OaOxC     
n.不耐烦,急躁
参考例句:
  • He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢,他显得不耐烦。
  • He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。
50 passionate rLDxd     
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
参考例句:
  • He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
  • He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。
51 caressingly 77d15bfb91cdfea4de0eee54a581136b     
爱抚地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • His voice was caressingly sweet. 他的嗓音亲切而又甜美。
52 morsel Q14y4     
n.一口,一点点
参考例句:
  • He refused to touch a morsel of the food they had brought.他们拿来的东西他一口也不吃。
  • The patient has not had a morsel of food since the morning.从早上起病人一直没有进食。
53 malady awjyo     
n.病,疾病(通常做比喻)
参考例句:
  • There is no specific remedy for the malady.没有医治这种病的特效药。
  • They are managing to control the malady into a small range.他们设法将疾病控制在小范围之内。
54 chateau lwozeH     
n.城堡,别墅
参考例句:
  • The house was modelled on a French chateau.这房子是模仿一座法国大别墅建造的。
  • The chateau was left to itself to flame and burn.那府第便径自腾起大火燃烧下去。
55 impartially lqbzdy     
adv.公平地,无私地
参考例句:
  • Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
  • We hope that they're going to administer justice impartially. 我们希望他们能主持正义,不偏不倚。
56 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
57 casements 1de92bd877da279be5126d60d8036077     
n.窗扉( casement的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There are two casements in this room. 这间屋子有两扇窗户。 来自互联网
  • The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. 雨点噼噼啪啪地打在窗子上;教堂里传来沉重的钟声,召唤人们去做礼拜。 来自互联网


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